DIVINE WORSHIP: THE MISSAL, the Ordinariate Use, was approved by the Holy See in 2013 and integrates centuries old Anglican prayers into the Roman Rite. It was officially introduced at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, the Ordinariate's church in central London, on Thursday 10th October 2013. The Mass was celebrated by the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Monsignor Keith Newton PA.

DIVINE WORSHIP is the liturgical provision for the celebration of Mass and the Sacraments for use by all the Personal Ordinariates. As such, it gives expression to and preserves for Catholic worship the worthy Anglican liturgical patrimony, understood as that which has nourished the Catholic faith throughout the history of the Anglican tradition and prompted aspirations towards ecclesial unity.

The Anglican liturgical tradition draws on the English monastic tradition and developed entirely out of the context of the Roman Rite. The celebration of Divine Worship is at once distinctively and traditionally Anglican in character, language and structure, while also being clearly and recognisable as an expression of the Roman Rite.

The title page of the Missal itself bears the designation "In conformity with the Roman Rite". The Missal also includes a Rubrical Directory which proves instructions for those areas in which Divine Worship diverges from the Roman Missal.

Ordinariate Parishes and Missions are fully part of the Roman Catholic Church and any Catholic may attend Mass in an Ordinariate Mass and receive the Sacraments for any Ordinariate priest.

The texts of the chants for the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Tract, Offertory and Communion are provided in DIVINE WORSHIP as found in the musical patrimony of the Anglican tradition. The Coverdale translations of the Psalm texts in the chants are common to the Anglican Missals and Anglican translations of the Graduale Romanum, and as instructed by Pope Benedict when he established the Ordinariates, all readings are from the Revised Standard Version Bible, 2nd Catholic Edition.

As well as DIVINE WORSHIP: THE MISSAL, our Altar Missal, the Catholic Truth Society in 2018 also published DIVINE WORSHIP: Ordinariate Study Missal, a more affordable version of the Altar Missal, smaller in size but containing everything that is in the Altar Missal. It is a complete photo reduction and contains all of the original illustations from the old Anglican Missal and includes the Order of Mass, Proper of Time and Sanctoral cycle with votive, ritual and Masses for the dead with all the main liturgical texts set to music. The latest Ordinariate publication is our takes the Anglican Prayer Book to a new level - DIVINE WORSHIP: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition). You will find full details of all these publications and more here.

The Guidelines for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham:
• Where the dynamic of the building allows it, the ancient practice of ad orientem (facing east) celebration is commended.
• Where it is possible, Sundays, solemnities and some feasts should be celebrated in a more solemn form, with the use of incense and music.
• The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer) is highly commended for use as a particular sign of continuity with the Uses in force in the Church before the Reformation.
• Preserving silence and due reverence before the tabernacle, and in the Church before and after liturgical worship is the duty of both the clergy and the faithful.
• The use of sacred music is integral to the celebration of the sacred liturgy.
• It is desirable that the faithful know how to sing together at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the Profession of Faith and the Lord’s Prayer, as a sign of our unity with the wider Church.
• In keeping with the Anglican tradition, it is highly commended that Holy Communion be distributed at a communion rail (or in a similar manner) to kneeling communicants.
• Receiving Holy Communion directly on the tongue is to be encouraged, byt where Holy Communion is received in the hand, due reverence and the patristic and Anglican practice of 'making a throne' and taking the Sacred Host to the mouth are highly commended.
• In keeping with the Anglican tradition, it is highly commended that the chalice is always retained by the Minister of Holy Communion and not passed into the hands of the communicant. Holy Communion under both kinds is part of the patrimony and remains normal practice in the Personal Ordinariate.

The solemnity and traditions associated with the celebration of Holy Mass according to DIVINE WORSHIP: THE MISSAL have found favour with many Catholics seeking a more traditional expression of The Mass. This is part of the 'hallmark' of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and something we are rightly proud of.

As you will discover from other pages of this website, the Ordinariate has three priests living in different parts of Scotland.

In Inverness the Ordinariate Use Mass is celebrated every Sunday at 11am in the Oratory of Saint Joseph, a small chapel in Fr Len's back garden at 49 Laurel Avenue, Inverness IV3 5RR. Wid-week Mass is also celebrated in the Oratory - you can check Mass times this week here.

In Whithorn the Ordinariate Use Mass is celebrated every Wednesday at 10.30am in St Martin and St Ninian's Catholic Church, Whithorn, and in Fr Simon's house at 11am on the first Sunday of each month.

In Birnie Kirk, near Elgin - Evening Prayer according to Divine Worship Daily Office is said here every Wednesday at 7pm and Holy Mass is offered on the first Saturday of each month at 12 noon.

The Office of Compline is said every Wednesday at 7pm via Zoom drawing people from all parts of the UK - to find our more, click here.

In Edinburgh in St Patrick's Catholic Church on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 12.30pm.

In Nairn in St Mary's Catholic Church on the 1st Monday of each month at 10am;